Finally, I was able to get my a$$ out onto a trail. The wife and I went down this weekend. The plan was to stay till tomorrow, but things have a way of changing. We left early Saturday morning, and ended up getting to the park around 12:30. After some leg stretching, and some preliminary camp set-up, we decided to hit some trails. I can definitely say it was an eye-opener. If I were to keep doing trails, upgrades would definitely be needed... More on that later. Tires, armor, and sliders, for sure. We ended up going out, for about an hour. The wife was in tears, saying she didn't want to die, at one point. I was laughing , but the pucker-factor was definitely there. There were a couple of steep ascents, we slid on a little. One had a nice little plateau, about 2/3 thirds up, we got stuck on for a hot minute. The place was definitely soupy! Descents, with a bit of sliding here and there, are what mostly put her on edge. Well, the wife put the kaibash on trail-riding in the TB, permanently! So... We headed back to camp.
After hanging out at the campsite for a few, I sauntered over to our "neighbors", to say hi. They ended up turning out to be really cool people. They took us out in their Wrangler, and let us hang out at their campfire that night. We were out on the trails, with them, for probably about three hours. So, we at least got to see all of the primary trails that are in the park, and the weekend wasn't a total waste. Ron, the guy we were riding with and his wife Cathy, said they had never seen the trails that soupy and rutted out, in spots. And they have been going to Turkey Bay, for 11 years. After the wife nixed ever taking the TB out on the trails again, she did at least say we could get an Offroad Toy! She really liked the Wrangler, so that may be the direction were heading in. All in all, it was a fun weekend. Here's some video...